carboxylic acid

NOUN
  1. an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use carboxylic acid In A Sentence

  • Nitriles can be decomposed by acids or alkalis to give the corresponding carboxylic acid or they can be reduced to give primary amines.
  • CHANG, SHU-PE I, RIDGWAY, R. and RISER, G.R. (1975) Oligomeric plasticizers from crambe oil—derived dicarboxylic acids for poly (vinyl chloride). Chapter 5
  • This means that telomer alcohols are unlikely to degrade to carboxylic acids in city air.
  • In the production of nylon an amine reacts with a carboxylic acid.
  • Nitriles can be decomposed by acids or alkalis to give the corresponding carboxylic acid or they can be reduced to give primary amines.
  • In a chemical sense, soap is a salt made up of a carboxylic acid and an alkali like sodium of potassium.
  • The fatty acids can be converted by yeasts to long chain dicarboxylic acids providing novel building blocks for polymer industries. Scientific Blogging
  • Glutaric Acid - One of the dicarboxylic acids, glutaric acid is a by-product of amino acid metabolism. Undefined
  • Such a combination gives acid properties to a molecule and it is called a carboxylic acid group (carbon plus oxygen plus acid). The Human Brain
  • Autoclaving induced hydrolysis of the anhydride moieties to provide a surface exclusively bearing carboxylic acid groups, which are fully dissociated at the pH of the cell culture medium.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy